Hoon Eng Khoo

Science (Life Sciences)

Associate Professor Hoon Eng Khoo received her BA in Biochemistry at Smith College, PhD at St Mary’s Medical School, London and a Postgraduate Diploma in Medical Education at University of Dundee. She taught at the Faculty of Medicine, National University of Malaysia for 10 years before joining the Faculty of Medicine (now Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine) at NUS in 1988. Between 1997 and 2003, she was Vice-Dean in the Faculty of Medicine. During a leave of absence from NUS, she worked for three years (2007-2010) as the Provost and Acting Vice-Chancellor of a new liberal arts institution – the Asian University for Women in Chittagong, Bangladesh. She joined Yale-NUS College in October 2011 as Director in the Office of the Executive Vice President (Academic Affairs), before moving on to her appointment as Director of Special Projects in the Office of the President, with responsibilities in faculty hiring, campus design and curriculum planning.

Assoc Prof Khoo’s research interests have been in the study of bioactive components of venoms and toxins, the role of nitric oxide in liver diseases and medical education. She has published over 100 research articles and books in medical education and led faculty development workshops as Deputy Head of the Medical Education Unit and Associate at the NUS Centre for Development of Teaching and Learning.